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Police chief: We must focus on violence
The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Cressida Dick, has voiced her support for the senior officer who said police forces were too stretched to deal with issues such as logging hate incidents against women.
Sara Thornton, who chairs the National Police Chiefs' Council, has been criticised for saying officers should focus on burglary and violence, rather than allegations of misogyny or claims against dead people.
Cressida Dick told the Today programme she agreed.
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